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Version 17.03
June 18, 2026
This is a maintenance update 		Downloads
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News:
Solved issues:

1683Fixed an issue that could cause invisible PDF comments to become visible after saving the document to a new file.
#Fixed an issue where transparent print watermarks could appear behind document content.
#PDF module: Fixed an issue where certain types of PDF file corruption could cause an endless loop during processing.
#PDF module: Fixed an exception that could occur when re-saving PDF files containing layers.
#Fixed an installer issue that could prevent the OCR module from being installed correctly, causing batch OCR processing to fail on some systems.


Version 17.01
May 12, 2026
Maintenance Update 		Downloads
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News:
Solved issues:

#The selected equal color setting had no effect when comparing PDF files.
#Comparing two PDF files could cause an application error.
#Opening a password-protected PDF file and saving it as a new PDF file (with markups) could create a blank file.


Version 17.00
April 1, 2026
Major Update 		Downloads
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News:
  • Added Watch Folder Conversion, allowing you to monitor a folder and automatically convert files added or copied into it.
  • Added the option to apply a watermark to the active PDF document, with support for all pages or a user-defined page range.
  • Added batch support for applying watermarks to multiple files.
  • Added a new PDF Tile Page option for tiling (splitting) large-format pages into smaller pages (tiles).
  • Added a new option in Advanced Conversion Settings to set the SVG export resolution (default is 96).
  • The Defoxing filter dialog now includes an option to apply the filter to all pages.
  • The Binarization filter dialog now includes an option to apply the filter to all pages.
Changes:
  • The 64-bit version now includes the Tesseract OCR engine, eliminating the need for a separate installation.
  • The Open Next File button is now displayed as a large icon.
  • The Text Extract button has been moved to the Tools tab.
  • The Hot Folder Printing button has been renamed to Watch Folder Printing.
Solved issues:

1682Fixed an issue where text in a customer PDF file was displayed with incorrect character spacing.
1678Fixed an issue where text in a customer PDF file was displayed with incorrect character spacing.
-Fixed an issue where page selection in the Pages pane was difficult to see when dark (black) GUI mode was active.


Updates for previous version:
Version 16